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Research paper thumbnail of Office of Service Learning and Civic Engagement Newsletter Spring 2006

... Child Development Cen-ter, Inc. FWS students, Trisha Willard and Paul Zielinski, work with K-... more ... Child Development Cen-ter, Inc. FWS students, Trisha Willard and Paul Zielinski, work with K-5th graders tutoring them in literacy homework and supporting teacher directed literacy activities. Diversity in California The 2nd ...

Research paper thumbnail of Transformative Education: Creating a Generation of Environmental Leaders

Journal for Civic Commitment, 2011

... leadership roles in designing, initiating, implementing, and assessing ... communities. Break... more ... leadership roles in designing, initiating, implementing, and assessing ... communities. Breakingbarriers to community involvement has proven to be one ... resource curriculum In R. Kraft, & M. Swadener (Eds.), Building community: Service learning in the academic disciplines. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Transformative Education: Creating a Generation of Environmental Leaders

Journal for Civic Commitment, 2011

... leadership roles in designing, initiating, implementing, and assessing ... communities. Break... more ... leadership roles in designing, initiating, implementing, and assessing ... communities. Breakingbarriers to community involvement has proven to be one ... resource curriculum In R. Kraft, & M. Swadener (Eds.), Building community: Service learning in the academic disciplines. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Institutionalizing Community-Based Research

Metropolitan Universities

Community-Based Research (CBR) presents a wide range of benefits in higher education to students,... more Community-Based Research (CBR) presents a wide range of benefits in higher education to students, community partners, and universities. Yet on our campus (and many others), CBR remains less common than other high-impact practices (HIPs) such as service learning and undergraduate research due to lack of effective institutionalization. Moreover, when CBR projects are undertaken, they result in a level of engagement with CBR that produces fewer of the expected benefits than is ideal. Here we detail our efforts to institutionalize CBR on our campus to appropriately expand the practice and its resulting benefits. These efforts focus on three initiatives: raising the visibility of CBR, diffusing expertise to implement CBR, and providing critical support for designing and implementing CBR. We also include our assessment plan which had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This plan utilizes a mixed-methods approach and will explore how our initiatives have made an impact on faculty...

Research paper thumbnail of Transformative Education: Creating a Generation of Environmental Leaders

Creating a culture of engagement has been the focus of the Environmental Science and Resource Man... more Creating a culture of engagement has been the focus of the Environmental Science and Resource Management (ESRM) Program at California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI). Established in 2002, Channel Islands is the newest addition to the CSU system. This article describes a progression of engagement from freshmen through senior year as a strategy for creating an engaged program. Utilizing Furco's (1996) Service Learning Distinction Model, the ESRM program has worked university staff and community partners to provide meaningful student experiences.

Research paper thumbnail of Office of Service Learning and Civic Engagement Newsletter Spring 2006

... Child Development Cen-ter, Inc. FWS students, Trisha Willard and Paul Zielinski, work with K-... more ... Child Development Cen-ter, Inc. FWS students, Trisha Willard and Paul Zielinski, work with K-5th graders tutoring them in literacy homework and supporting teacher directed literacy activities. Diversity in California The 2nd ...

Research paper thumbnail of Transformative Education: Creating a Generation of Environmental Leaders

Journal for Civic Commitment, 2011

... leadership roles in designing, initiating, implementing, and assessing ... communities. Break... more ... leadership roles in designing, initiating, implementing, and assessing ... communities. Breakingbarriers to community involvement has proven to be one ... resource curriculum In R. Kraft, & M. Swadener (Eds.), Building community: Service learning in the academic disciplines. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Transformative Education: Creating a Generation of Environmental Leaders

Journal for Civic Commitment, 2011

... leadership roles in designing, initiating, implementing, and assessing ... communities. Break... more ... leadership roles in designing, initiating, implementing, and assessing ... communities. Breakingbarriers to community involvement has proven to be one ... resource curriculum In R. Kraft, & M. Swadener (Eds.), Building community: Service learning in the academic disciplines. ...

Research paper thumbnail of Institutionalizing Community-Based Research

Metropolitan Universities

Community-Based Research (CBR) presents a wide range of benefits in higher education to students,... more Community-Based Research (CBR) presents a wide range of benefits in higher education to students, community partners, and universities. Yet on our campus (and many others), CBR remains less common than other high-impact practices (HIPs) such as service learning and undergraduate research due to lack of effective institutionalization. Moreover, when CBR projects are undertaken, they result in a level of engagement with CBR that produces fewer of the expected benefits than is ideal. Here we detail our efforts to institutionalize CBR on our campus to appropriately expand the practice and its resulting benefits. These efforts focus on three initiatives: raising the visibility of CBR, diffusing expertise to implement CBR, and providing critical support for designing and implementing CBR. We also include our assessment plan which had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This plan utilizes a mixed-methods approach and will explore how our initiatives have made an impact on faculty...

Research paper thumbnail of Transformative Education: Creating a Generation of Environmental Leaders

Creating a culture of engagement has been the focus of the Environmental Science and Resource Man... more Creating a culture of engagement has been the focus of the Environmental Science and Resource Management (ESRM) Program at California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI). Established in 2002, Channel Islands is the newest addition to the CSU system. This article describes a progression of engagement from freshmen through senior year as a strategy for creating an engaged program. Utilizing Furco's (1996) Service Learning Distinction Model, the ESRM program has worked university staff and community partners to provide meaningful student experiences.